US AWACS destroyed on ground in Saudi strike raises fresh questions over airbase protection
The attack has raised urgent questions about why an American E-3 Sentry AWACS was left so exposed, and what the RAF can learn from it
Simon Newton began his career as a print journalist in the early 1990s before moving into broadcasting. He has reported for Sky News, BBC News and ITV and received numerous awards. He reported extensively from Afghanistan and spent three months embedded with British troops in Helmand. He now covers the war in Ukraine.
